E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 6:1
The Chronology having been brought up to Noah's days, the History takes us back (not forward). men = sing, with art. = the man Adam. See App-14 . earth = Hebrew. h'adamah, ground. them: i.e. to Adam and Eve, as in Genesis 1:27 and Genesis 5:2 . read more
Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Genesis 6:1-8
6:1-9:29 REBELLION AND JUDGMENTThe wickedness of human society (6:1-8)As the population grew and societies developed, people again showed the tendency to want to exist independently of God. Like their original ancestors, they wanted to be as God and live for ever (cf. 3:5,22).It seems that certain angels (the probable meaning of ‘sons of God’ in this story; cf. Job 1:6; Job 38:7; Daniel 3:25) had, in rebellion against God, taken human form and co-operated with ambitious people in trying to... read more